Work and commuting in Bloomfield
Only 6% work in Bloomfield; the top destination outside it is Rochester (14%, 21 miles). Bloomfield grades B for jobs and income and B− for walkability. The trip to work takes 22 minutes on average; New York averages 33, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Bloomfield
Commutes from Bloomfield are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Bloomfield makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Bloomfield are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bloomfield residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 16%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 581 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Bloomfield’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Bloomfield is better than 62% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Bloomfield’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (4.4%) is left out: Bloomfield’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bloomfield could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The daily trip from Bloomfield: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bloomfield workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 686 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In Bloomfield, 41% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
508 jobs are based in Bloomfield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bloomfield, 2013 → 2023: 575 → 508. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bloomfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Bloomfield
On a workday 545 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 472 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Bloomfield work
Where Bloomfield clocks in
14% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Near or far: the trip to work from Bloomfield
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Bloomfield start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bloomfield is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 765 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.3% of Bloomfield households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bloomfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bloomfield next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800: 1,250th of 5,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,248 | Tomah WI | 1,464 | $98K | 6.1% | 0.5% | 3% | B |
| 1,249 | Piney Point MD | 1,274 | $129K | 7.3% | 5.2% | 2% | B |
| 1,250 | Bloomfield NY | 1,326 | $80K | 8.8% | 4.4% | 6% | B |
| 1,251 | Bokescreek Township OH | 1,366 | $85K | 4.5% | 2.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,252 | Cordry Sweetwater Lakes IN | 1,190 | $95K | 6.0% | 1.4% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bloomfield, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bloomfield: questions
What is the median household income in Bloomfield?
$80,000 (±$20,460) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bloomfield?
8.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bloomfield?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bloomfield work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (14%, 21 mi), East Bloomfield (10%, 0 mi), Victor (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bloomfield walkable?
Bloomfield is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bloomfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bloomfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bloomfield
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.